Global airlines companies South African Airways (SAA) and Etihad Airways (EA) on Tuesday said they have commenced a codeshare partnership in India which will enable fliers from India to travel to Johannesburg in South Africa via Abu Dhabi in UAE.

India's core industries output growth slowed to a four-month low of 1.4 percent in February, on the back of a contraction in the production of steel, fertilisers and refinery products, government data showed on Tuesday.

With the domestic natural gas price announced in October expiring on Tuesday, the government announced the new rate, effective April 1, at $4.66 a unit -- lowering it by 8 percent from the existing $5.61 owing to lower international prices.

The World Bank said on Tuesday it has signed a $500 million loan agreement with India to improve financial access for the country's small-scale business enterprises in the manufacturing and services domain.